http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/ Engadget Comments for USB 3.0 SuperSpeed gone wild at CES 2010, trumps even your new SSD http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
That's what she said James ;)]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
last wtf microsoft why no usb 3.0 support.]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
Light Peak begins at 10Gbps and will go up from there.]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
I hope Light Peak goes mainstream in 2010 so I never have to bother with USB 3.0.]]>Jan 9th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
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They're coming. ASUS should have one coming out soon. Two USB 3.0 and two SATA 6GB/s ports PCI-E x4 for about $30.]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
To the tune of the Twilight Zone theme? Because I came here to say that.]]>Jan 9th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
Whereas Apple has invested a lot of effort into lightpeek, and are probably going to be reluctant to give up any ground to USB3 anytime soon. Just look at how long Firewire stuck around.]]>Jan 9th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/In fact, why isn't FireWire used more? Compared to USB its clearly superior.]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Firewire was intended for everything. The problem wasn't really licensing, as it was registered through IEEE (the official name of Firewire is IEEE1394). The problem was really two problems.

(huge breath) Disclaimer: if you do not want a lengthy explanation, feel free to dodge the rest of this massive and potentially boring explanation. If you like incessantly long explanations, please continue.

First of all, Firewire needed a seperate chipset or card, and second, the first generation, Firewire 400 or IEEE 1394a was a completely different-looking and attaching port. The first was the size of USB, the second was a bit bigger than a standard headphone jack. The signal was still compatible, but no one could care anyway.

Anyway, that was the deal killer, leaving us with the easy-to-implement USB, which just evolved to the same implementation requirements as IEEE 1394, which, as of revision C or D, both of which use the same port and only need a driver update for the controller, have better throughput than USB 3.0. How lovely. Superspeed indeed.

By the way, ESata (the commonly found one, at least) is 3 Gb/s but has nearly perfect throughput (or real data stream capabilities). The trick is, it is basically a SATA 3 Gb/s stuck on the outside of the box, and morphed enough to merit a new standard and support plug-and-play. It would work for flash drives, but not for microphones or keyboards or other such things. It, too, needs an individual controller or the functionality built into the system sata controller. (usually there are two sata controllers in such machines: One sata-only with about 6 sata ports, and another with two-three, linked to the esata porst on the back of the computer, and possible a header (if the motherboard manufacturer is nice). Naturally, a PCI board with the controller skips on the SATA part, again, unless they're nice.]]>Jan 28th 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
3.0 wont "recharge" your device any faster,
and you wouldn't want it to!, unless you like to see something errupt into flames. ]]>Feb 2nd 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/I personally don't understand what's the big deal with usb 3.0 and external hard drives and this artical talking about externals being as fast as internals when using this interface. Did everyone forget about eSATa? I wellcome 3.0 usb, but for harddrives I'm good with eSATa...]]>Jan 9th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
esata has no power supply.]]>Jan 9th 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/I guess you have a point...]]>Jan 9th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/The new eSATA ports has power... it uses a eSATA/USB combo port, so that it can use the power pin of USB to power the device. Not only you can fit a USB and the traditional eSATA device on the very same port, but you can also use the new powered eSATA standard.

Already they are USB memory keys that have that port (as well as a USB port so that you can plug-it on non-compatible systems).
Like this one: http://www.trustedreviews.com/storage/review/2009/12/03/Verbatim-eSATA-USB-Combo-SSD-32GB/p2

The BIG problem with USB standard for usage with device storage, is that it's only 1 direction at a time. If you read and write at the same time, the process speed will be MUCH slower, as read and write calls fight to get access to the device. If you decide to compress a file ON the external device powered by USB, it will also be much slower than just transfer the file on your system, compress it, and send it back to the device (of course, on very large compression job, I am talking about... assuming that you have a script done to perform the process, and that read and write speed is the same and good).

This is why Firewire storage device, despite slower than USB 2.0... ends up to be faster at the end of the day. Firewire flash drive don't exists as Firewire cost more to implement, and that it's rarely used bidirectional on a flash drive.. people usage put some file in or out, and that is all.. As now capacity allows to have more data on such device it gets more and more interesting to have bi-directional transfer ability... well now he have powered eSATA so no use for Firewire.]]>Jan 9th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/
And USB 3.0 could very well die off before it see's daylight with Light Peak coming out and having 3x the speed of USB 3.0. ]]>Jan 9th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/Jan 9th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/usb-3-0-superspeed-gone-wild-at-ces-2010-trumps-even-your-new-s/& when ???

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